Here is a list of steps that are taken every time when creating a new gEDA/gaf release:
-  In the toplevel configure.ac file update the package version in the AC_INIT macro, the date in the AX_GIT_VERSION macro, and update shared library versions of the package libraries, currently  libgeda-  (AX_LIBGEDA)  and  libgedacairo-  (AX_LIBGEDACAIRO) (their  - .so-  versions should follow what is described in  Autobook's library versioning-  chapter). 
-  Update the toplevel NEWS file with a summary of all the changes in the new release.  The NEWS file forms the basis for the release notes. 
-  Manually run all tests.  gnetlist has a nice set of regression tests in gnetlist/tests.  gsymcheck also has a nice set of regression tests in gsymcheck/tests.  Open up all schematics in gschem/examples and gschem/tests.  You can do this by running the following in the toplevel directory: 
        make check
-  Run make update-po in all po directories.  Commit these changes before continuing. 
-  Update all the versions and dates in the man pages (gschem.1, gnetlist.1, gsymcheck.1, grenum.1) 
-  Go into the wiki pages and update the “gEDA/gaf File Format Document” and add the release date to the version field. 
-  Update the wiki documentation snapshot (which is shipped with the release) by doing the following steps: - 
-  Get the wiki source files.  (For now you have to ask Ales to get them from the SEUL.org server; eventually this should be changed so they are available without asking anybody).  Put these files in some directory called “wikisrc”.  Also make an output directory called “htmloutput” 
-  Download a handy php-based package called “offline-doku”.  Latest version seems to be v0.1.1 and it was last seen at:  offline-doku- . 
-  You might need to tweak/add the following line in offline-doku/make.php to make sure it has enough memory to operate:  -  ini_set('memory_limit','256M');
-  Now run offline-doku like this:  -  cd offline-doku-0.1.1; php make.php --verbose /path/to/wikisrc /path/to/htmloutput - 
 This should processes all the dokuwiki source files and convert them into html files.
 
-  Tar/copy the htmloutput directory into the gaf git directory docs/ 
-  Move aside (do not delete yet) the current wiki directory to something like “wikiold”.  Rename the new htmloutput directory to “wiki” 
-  Run:  -  cp -f wikiold/design.css wiki  
-  Run:  -  cp -f wikiold/.gitignore wiki  
-  Run:  -  cp -f wikiold/Makefile.am  
-  Check to see what has changed using git status and git diff.  Go through and add any new files to git using git add. 
-  Check to see what has changed between wikiold and wiki using:  -  diff -r -q wikiold wiki  - 
  Fix anything is incorrect.
 
-  Go through all the html files and remove the contents of the line (but don't delete the empty line):  -  <a href=.>start</a></br> - 
  Eventually this should be automated or somehow fixed.  Removing this start link will make the html pages look better and reduce the number of unnecessary file changes (in git).
 
-  Finally commit all the changes/files. 
 
        make distcheck
and make sure it completes without any errors.  After this is complete you will find the distribution tarball in the toplevel directory (named geda-gaf-VERSION.tar.gz).
        md5sum -b geda-gaf-1.5.3.tar.gz > geda-gaf-1.5.3.md5sum
-  Untar the tarballs and compare what is inside to what is in the repository.  You should only find additional dist files inside the tarballs and no missing required files. 
-  Build and test the distribution tarball one last time. 
-  Make sure everything is committed and pushed and then put down the correctly formatted tag: 
        git tag -a 1.5.3-20090829
        git push origin remote_branch_name
        git push --tags
-  Upload distribution tarball, README, and md5sum file to the correct place 
-  Write release announcement and send to mailing lists 
-  Write up release notes and send pointer to mailing lists (named: geda-gaf-VERSION-releasenotes.html) 
-  Update news update the sources download pages on the website with links to the new version 
-  Update the  todos-  removing the release information. 
-  Done!